Hasp or locking device.



F. McMANUS.

HASP 0R LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1918.

1,284,399. I Patented Nov. 12, 1918,

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M. Mag/M FRANK MOMANUS, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJ'. W. GARDNER,

OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

HASP OB, LOCKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MCMANUS, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Norfolk, Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hasp or Locking Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is designed to provide a hasp construction of simple andeconomical construction, one that is easy to operate, is reliable in itsfastening function, and is not liable to be accidentally operated intolocking position.

The invention consists in the features and combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a door and door frame withlocking device in open position.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the device with the partsin closed position.

Fig. 3 is a front view with the parts in closed position.

In these drawings 1 indicates the door or gate and 2 the frame. On theframe a keeper 3 is fastened by screw 1. This keeper consists of a pieceof metal having its base portion secured to the frame with arightangular bend. 5, and an overlying parallel portion 6 with a lug 7extending between this overlying portion and the base portion and nearthe bottom edges of the same. The hasp member comprises a piece 8 havinga notch 9 to take over the lug 7 of the keeper the said piece 8 beingpivoted on a pin 10, which is carried by the base plate 11 screwed tothe gate or door 1. The pivot pin is headed and the flange of the headoverlies the piece 8 and holds it in position. The rear end of the piece8 is turned up at rightangles to the body portion thereof as shown at12, and this upstanding portion is continued into a rearwardly extendingportion 13, adapted to form a handle, said portion 13 lying'at asufficient distance away from the front face of the gate or door and thebase plate 11 to enable the fingers to grasp it conveniently formanipulating the hasp or looking member. The rear end of the base plate11 is upturned at 14, adjacent the pivot 10, and this upturned ear orportionlet is curved and is provided with an opening 15, and theupturned portion of the pivoted locking member is curved to correspondand is also provided with an opening, so that when this member is swungdown into locking position a pad-lock or other fastening device may beinserted through the alined openings just mentioned and the lockingdevice retained in its locked position. The opening through the lockingmember or hasp for the pivot pin is narrowed at one end and elongated sothat when the locking device is raised to an unlocked position it willbe free to move downwardly in the direction of its length and this willbring the parallel walls of the narrow elongation to engage the fiatsides of the pivot pin so that the hasp will be held in this positionand will be prevented from falling into a position where it would engagewith the keeper and thus become locked contrary to the wish of the user.This will effectually prevent the accidental engagement of the lookingmember with the keeper, because it will be held up substantially in itsupright position by the stop just mentioned.

It will, therefore, require a definite and intentional manipulation ofthe locking member to enable it to be released, so as to be thrown downinto locking position and this manipulation or action consists inraising the locking member, or moving it up in the direction of itslength, to bring the lower circular portion of the elongated openinginto action against the pivot pin, so that the hasp can be turned intothe locked position of Fig. 3.

'When in this locking position the hasp or looking member covers all thescrews which hold the keeper and the base plate to the frame and gate ordoor, so that this cannot be removed, and the lock taken off and accesshad to the locked space.

The device may be used in connection with a sliding door, a singleswinging door, or double swinging door.

In order to prevent the hasp member from being lifted by inserting athin bladed instrument between the gate and the frame the keeper memberand the base plate are formed with overlapping reduced edges, as shownat 16, so that the crack between the gate and the frame is fullycovered.

What I claim is:

1. In a locking device, a keeper, a locking s Ans PATENT ormon. I

ing member pivoted on thebase plate, and having an elongated pivotopening allow ingmovement in the direction of its. length in relation toits pivot, said pivot being elongated in cross section to correspondsubstantially with the elongation ofthe pivot opening to act as a stopto prevent turning ofrthe' locking member when moved to its low limitbut to allow the locking member to turn into locking position whenraised.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature. I

FRANK MOMANUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of'latents, Washington, D. O.

